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Post by Pinetree on Mar 18, 2022 9:01:13 GMT -5
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Post by rickyguitar on Mar 18, 2022 9:13:09 GMT -5
$5k? I will pass. $1k I would still pass. Uggo.
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Mar 18, 2022 9:31:10 GMT -5
It's up there in the Gliest of Ug. The $5k makes me suspicious that this is some sort of social experiment on us guitarists.
*research guys* "Is there anything these schmucks won't buy??"
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Post by Bopper on Mar 18, 2022 9:37:31 GMT -5
Slightly reminiscent-ish, Ric 950...
But yeah, no.
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Mar 18, 2022 9:52:15 GMT -5
Its like a hockey stick growing out of a tulip.
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Post by windmill on Mar 18, 2022 17:31:42 GMT -5
Won't be buying it myself but good on them for doing something different.  |
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Post by Riff Twang on Mar 18, 2022 20:27:13 GMT -5
Well I like it. I admire quirky guitar designs, and this one fits the bill. I won't be buying one however, but I imagine they will sell out fast even at that price.
Guitar collectors are a strange breed, and this could be right up their alley (so to speak).
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Post by reverendrob on Mar 19, 2022 3:58:23 GMT -5
That makes the Epiphone solidbodies from the 60s look...good.
Or the Teiscos.
I'm sure they'll sell like hotcakes though, because GIBSON.
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Mar 19, 2022 8:22:02 GMT -5
Oh, there's plenty worse than that.
It looks a lot like the MIJ "tulip" guitars of the 60s and 70s. Tokai made something similar from aluminum, called the Talbo.
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Mar 19, 2022 8:29:09 GMT -5
Yeah, I think the $5k price tag makes it uglier. I'd probably buy it for the right price if I saw it hanging in a pawnshop. That or something of equal value, like a box of ammo. 😄
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Mar 19, 2022 8:31:16 GMT -5
To my jaundiced iBallz, this Gretsch Astro Jet ranks right up there as a really goofy-lookin' guitar.  |
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Post by Taildragger on Mar 19, 2022 10:52:14 GMT -5
Every few years, Gibson seems to feel some sort of obligation to let one escape:
"All right: who brought the 'shrooms into the lunch room?"
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Post by Taildragger on Mar 19, 2022 11:05:35 GMT -5
However, as with the launch of Sputnik, the Soviets were way ahead of us in this department: The Tonikas look like Thalidomide casualties...
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Post by samspade on Mar 19, 2022 12:09:21 GMT -5
There must have been a meeting where Ted was like, yeah I don't know what I was thinking...no go lol. But like unfinished symphonies and songs dead artists didn't want to release...here it is  |
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Post by Riff Twang on Mar 19, 2022 22:18:53 GMT -5
The Tonikas look like Thalidomide casualties... Now that's funny! Irreverent but hilarious. Oh, and I like all them too. Many may be aesthetically challenged, but they all have one great attribute. They're guitars. That alone is enough to justify their existence in my obvious and unashamedly biased git-loving opinion. |
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Post by Taildragger on Mar 20, 2022 19:47:49 GMT -5
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Mar 21, 2022 2:23:32 GMT -5
As non-Gibson as that Theodore is, it is positively pedestrian looking compared to the Wandre Krundaal Bikini...with onboard amplifier:  |
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Post by Taildragger on Mar 21, 2022 19:12:53 GMT -5
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Post by LeftyMeister on Mar 22, 2022 7:58:35 GMT -5
I've never been a fan of guitars that look like they're melting.
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Post by Leftee on Mar 22, 2022 8:08:26 GMT -5
Every few years, Gibson seems to feel some sort of obligation to let one escape:
"All right: who brought the 'shrooms into the lunch room?"
I’d have a lefty. |
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Post by mroulier on Mar 23, 2022 8:51:44 GMT -5
At least that looks like a Steinberger, which were all the rage back then... (and designed by Ned!). |
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Post by LTB on Mar 25, 2022 0:12:03 GMT -5
I don't care to find out! Someone should have burned the 1957 paperwork in 57 |
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Post by LTB on Mar 25, 2022 0:13:36 GMT -5
Wow, I think I just went blind!  |
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Post by HenryJ on Mar 26, 2022 7:57:31 GMT -5
However, as with the launch of Sputnik, the Soviets were way ahead of us in this department: The Tonikas look like Thalidomide casualties...
The one on the far right looks like it might have compartments for your picks, your Snark, and maybe even a strap. |
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